{"id":414144,"date":"2020-05-26T06:35:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T06:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/audio\/2020\/05\/1064572"},"modified":"2020-05-26T06:35:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T06:35:05","slug":"crisis-affected-communities-hold-un-in-high-regard-says-senior-woman-peacekeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/05\/26\/crisis-affected-communities-hold-un-in-high-regard-says-senior-woman-peacekeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisis-affected communities hold UN \u2018in high regard\u2019, says senior woman peacekeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"
Female Peacekeepers add an extra dynamic to teams in the field, breaking barriers that allow women civilians to describe what\u2019s really going on inside their communities.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the view of Major Fiona Bruce, from the Australian Defence Force, who served in the UN\u2019s Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in both Lebanon and Syria.<\/p>\n
In an interview ahead of UN Peacekeeping Day marked on 29 May, Major Bruce highlights the fact that people going through crisis and conflict still \u2018view the UN in high regard\u2019.<\/p>\n
Julia Dean from our UN Australia Country Team, spoke to her online, and began by asking about her old daily routine, serving in Lebanon.<\/p>\n